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New Homes for Young ‘Slumdog’ Stars

J. Emilio Flores for The New York TimesThe child actors of “Slumdog Millionaire,” including Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, bottom left, and Rubina Ali Qureshi, bottom center, at the Academy Awards.

The chief minister of Maharashtra State in India said that two child stars of “Slumdog Millionaire” would be been given new apartments after their shanty homes were torn down, Reuters reported. In recent days, municipal workers in Mumbai have demolished the homes of Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 10, and Rubina Ali Qureshi, 9, who played the young incarnations of the film’s characters Salim and Latika. Illegal shanties are routinely destroyed in advance of India’s monsoon season. On Wednesday, the “Slumdog Millionaire” director Danny Boyle and Christian Colson, a producer of the film, met with the children’s families and said that they would find new homes for them. On Friday, Ashok Chavan, the chief minister, said that the Congress party had purchased new apartments, at a cost of about $8,500 each, for both families in suburban Mumbai, and that they could move in soon.